The point of this is to get you thinking about specific positive actions that you know will help your website traffic and growth. Where is you main referral traffic coming from? Where is it lacking? View your stats, find where your content thrives and where it might need help. Either or, you are building on fixing your presence or expanding it.
I’ve been using Google Trends recently for expanding my reach. I was intrigued by meeting influential music bloggers all over the globe. Ultimately, there is no lost cause here in research as long as you work towards your sites promotion. These were some of the initial tasks I wanted to accomplish in this test: Commenting on international blogs, increasing visibility Seeking out international blog reviews of my music Using Twitter and Facebook to build relationships with new friends
More and more people are joining the blogging community and creating their own websites expressing their passions. It is very common to find a reader that leaves a comment who also has a blog. Why is this important for musicians? I recently did a guest post and noticed some great opportunities. Social networking makes it very important to acknowledge and help those that help you. Maybe that is not an approach that every musician wants to take, but from a small operation standpoint, I love the Idea. While reading Technorati’s “State of the Blogosphere 2009” I wanted to observe … Continue reading
The goal of this initiative is not to find massive traffic, it’s to find relevant users and increase my content distribution. It is one thing to gauge your monthly visitors, but how active are you in resolving issues or continuing success in your online marketing campaign? I was very pleased to see monthly stats rise, greater discussions and new social networks flourishing adding to my visibility. I got too comfortable in 2009 with just raw numbers, that my data analysis was lacking. You don’t have to be a scholar to make improvements: just show you care and improve.
I selected some articles I found very informative that cover topics very important to every evolving music operation: Search engine optimization, album release planning, focusing on small or large fan bases, and embracing imagination with releasing your music.
